Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish insists he is keen to continue working with striker Andy Carroll despite more suggestions the club have tried to offload their record signing.
Reports have claimed Manchester City turned down an approach from the Merseysiders about a potential swap deal with Carlos Tevez and the £35million England international.
Liverpool have refused to comment on the story, but after Carroll played a part in both goals in Saturday's 2-1 FA Cup win over Manchester United Dalglish was quick to praise the striker. The Scot said: "I thought Andy had a fantastic game."
He added: "He works really hard and gave everything he's got for us. He has a lot of attributes for us to work on. I am sure that (performance) will do him no harm whatsoever in terms of confidence.
"The individual awards are all well and good but collectively we want to start showing an improvement and winning things and if we continue with that commitment we have a chance."
Last Saturday Dalglish openly criticised his players for the first time after a woeful 3-1 Barclays Premier League defeat at Bolton. Since then they came from behind twice to draw with Manchester City and secure a place in the final of the Carling Cup and then dispatched their arch-rivals United out of another knockout competition on Saturday.
It has certainly lifted confidence levels at the club but with his side still not consistent enough in the league Dalglish will not be getting carried away. He was, however, delighted with the response he got from his squad.
"We will have to wait and see what this week means for the season but it has got us in a Carling Cup final and the next round of the FA Cup," added the 60-year-old.
"It started badly for us at Bolton and it is fantastic credit to the players, and shows how much pride they take in the club, that they got themselves back on track as quickly as they did. They were two enormous games and coming out on the winning side twice - once on aggregate - deserves great credit.
"It has been a really difficult week for us. To play two good teams like City and United is even more of a task - we've had a good week. It is much better than it was last Saturday. It is fantastic for us to progress from a very difficult week."
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andrew4 : grow up you pathetic moron i have grandchildren who are more mature than you
Liverpool tried to do a deal swapping Caroll for Tevez within the last couple of weeks you cant trust people like danglish they are just liers
" Carroll has found KUUUUYYTTT ____________ That Will Win It "
Other than Liverpool, no club will pay 35 million for a striker just for the right attitude and commitment, with the added condition of needing to be patient with him and wishfully hoping for further development.
He added: "He works really hard and gave everything he's got for us............", and that is worthy of 35 million?
Tell us, is any other player of any team not expected to work really hard and give everything for the team? Is it not such requirement should be the minium standard expected from any player at any level, not just PL level? According to Mr Dalgish's wisdom, all players will be rated 35 million if they work really hard and give everything to the team. Can we praise Cacrroll for any other attributes, assuming he has some undiscovered hidden attributes not readily obvious to our eyes.
AC looked good once someone worked out to get behind the scum back line. Did their fans watch the game, or were they too busy spitting on the Hillsborough Memorial? Three arrested!!!!! Just how low can Fergusons filth stoop. Not only a disgrace to footballl, but a disgrace to humanity in general. I am further disgusted by the support this lowlife club attract, how can you look in a mirror knowing your "mates" spit on the memorial for women and children? You are a total disgrace. End of.
Title19; I don't believe you, about having any friends, that is LOLA
hey post no1, did you not notice the idiot doing monkey jestures was actually in the away fans section. FACT. WAT DO YOU SAY ABOUT THAT ?????
He has to do'snt he ....Waste of money...
Post #1, so are you!
Kenny Dalglish has NO CLASS whatsoever. Dismisses more abuse to Evra from the terraces as a bit of banter. What was Evra's crime? Reporting being racially abused where the abuser was found guilty by an independant enquiry. What do black liverpool fans think of that clown making monkey gestures yesterday? Disgraceful. Liverpools performance since the incident has been shameful . And all my level headed liverpool supporting friends agree.
And Carroll is still utter dung.
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